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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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The Atlantic Albums (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Symphonic death and black metal band from Marseille, France, formed in 2019, combining orchestral grandeur with extreme metal ferocity from the Mediterranean coast. They bring cinematic scope to southern French metal.
Black and death metal band from Fredericia, Denmark, formed in 2023, dragging listeners into a mire of blackened death metal darkness. They represent the newest wave of Danish extreme metal.
Atmospheric black metal project from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2013, crafting immersive, emotionally charged atmospheric black metal. Their name captures the perpetual solitude that permeates their expansive, melancholic compositions.
Black metal band from Trondheim, Norway, formed in 2019, channeling the cold darkness of central Norway through black metal. They contribute to Trondheim's enduring reputation as a center for Norwegian extreme metal.
Paris's Pessimistic has been living up to their name with bleak black metal since 2011. Over a decade of nihilistic output from the French capital has produced a body of work defined by its refusal to find hope in any corner.
Black metal band from Reykjavik, Iceland, formed in 2022, named after the Proto-Indo-European thunder god. They bring ancient mythological fury through black metal from the land of fire and ice.
Melodic black metal band from Slovakia, formed in 2025, bringing freshly forged melodic black metal to the Slovak underground. They represent the newest wave of Slovak black metal.
Belgian black speed metal band from Namur, self-described as hailing from "Bhellgium," combining the darkness of black metal with the velocity of speed metal. They emerged in 2021 with a raw demo that set the tone for their aggressive sonic assault.
Permafrost was a black metal band from Buenos Aires active during the mid-2000s and again around 2007–2010. They appeared on the Southern Elite Circle Compilation (2007) alongside fellow Argentine acts, and released a split titled A Blindfold Stained With Blood / Haunting the Forgotten (2009) with Campo de Mayo before ultimately disbanding.
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